My Little Railroad Buddy

Originally Posted on The Industrial Lead

I’ve mostly completed the major benchwork for The Industrial Lead. I have a couple of tasks to complete:
Install drawer fasces.
Fix Formica chips with SeamFil

But at least for now I’m able to move out the woodworking tools, clean up the major dust and start focusing on actually building the railroad.

View in youTube: The Industrial Lead – Benchwork Complete

Origianlly Posted on The Industrial Lead ...

I've been plugging away at finishing the desk and closet. It's been a good way to stay inside while the weather has been rainy.

•The big chore was wiring the ...

When I built my Halland Yard layout, I decided to build my office desk into the closet. It was primarily a sheet of 3/4″ plywood, supported by lumber across the back and the front sides. The front of the desk spanned the 5′ closet opening. This front portion really began to sag. It was unsupported. I couldn’t shore up the support it with shelf brackets, because I needed the space underneath to roll my file cabinets into it.

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I painted the top and underside of the valance Polar White. Then installed the triangle brackets that provide the permanent support for the valance. Next fascia and lights.

I got a little worried about whether 1/8″ hardboard would make the 8″ radius curve around the northeast corner of the valance. ...

More benchwork today. I started with a tricky section that would be the sub-roadbed where the main layout enters the closet. I spent a lot of time cutting ...

A couple extra hours of work allowed me to do a little touch up and finish out the valance frame. I had to recut both valance l-girder ledger boards. ...

A nice day and generous parents led me to a construction marathon this afternoon. I spent a total of 8 straight hours cutting, trimming, fixing, gluing, ...

Progress has really been stifled by rain, sick kids, injury, illness and RAIN. And did I mention rain. So in between the crappy weather and sore body, I’ve been trying ...

Lowering the Bench

I got all of the brackets and ledger boards installed and then decided to listen to some advice from Alan in my Shelf Bracket Benchwork 1 post. I tested the benchwork with my 3 year old son Patrick and it was too tall. I need the benchwork to be tall enough to fit the kids step ladder ...

Progress

I started benchwork today. I’m using angle brackets from Home Depot; 16″ brackets along the east wall and 12″ brackets ...

I am designing a modern day HO industrial layout. The layout is inspired by my experiences railroading in Seattle. It will feature Seattle industries that I am familiar with and have worked at as a railroad engineer.

What I want.

1. Lots of Switching
2. Modern day equipment like:
   
   • 70-20 Reefers because these things look awesome tagged up and weathered.
   • Pressure Aide Hoppers. I see alot of these.
   • Corn Syrup tank cars. Sweet.
3. "The Hole". Cargill's

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This Week

• Halland Yard. Foam roadbed. Ladder started.
• Shoring up the soft spots. Risers

Halland Yard



Finished ...

This Week

• Rehung Closet Shelving
• A Power Strip for all those wall worts.
• Shoring Up Riverside Drive

Closet Shelving

The shelves were already cut, all I needed was to install 2 new vertical brackets. I bought 24" vertical brackets to replace the original 48" brackets.

Power Strip


Future home of wall wort village.

I installed this 4' ...